Cardan Shaft Alignment in the Belly of a Boat

July 25, 2023 | in Shaft alignment | by Acoem contributor

If you have read any of our blogs, you have seen we run into some unique alignment scenarios. During a recent class in a shipyard, there was a need to perform a Cardan Shaft Alignment in a boat with very little space to work in. It also required shooting the lasers through a hole in a bulkhead.

Looking from the S sensor through the bulkhead at the M Sensor mounted on engine output shaft

S Sensor mounted on propulsion unit

It was a challenge, but the guys rose to it and the result was an excellent alignment. It doesn’t always turn out that way, but sometimes the impossible just takes a little longer!